#8B3140#8B3140

#8B3140 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.123 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3140
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 64)
HSL	hsl(350, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(350, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.10, 39.47, 11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.10, 41.09, 16.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% 0.1191 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.123 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6722, 8.0574, 5.7374)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3140 #318B7C

analogous

#8B316D #8B3140 #8B4F31

triadic

#8B3140 #408B31 #31408B

tetradic

#8B3140 #6D8B31 #318B7C #4F318B

square

#8B3140 #6D8B31 #318B7C #4F318B

split-complementary

#8B3140 #318B4F #316D8B

monochromatic

#311116 #5E212B #8B3140 #B84155 #CB6B7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8B3140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B3140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3140

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3140	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D573E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.123 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e74',
    500: '#8b3140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3140;
$custom-light: #b26e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4473,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3140

secondary

#65B2A6

accent

#D7C150

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3140

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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